Ningde Times, Honeycomb Energy Handshake, battery giant dispute reached reconciliation ｜ The front line

In February this year, the Ningde Times filed a lawsuit against the hive energy and the two related companies, and the case was in unfair competition.

Wen ｜ Li Anqi

Edit ｜ Su Jianxun

Cover Source ｜ Vision China

The dispute between the two major battery companies finally came to an end.

Recently, under the auspices of the Intermediate People's Court of Ningde City, Fujian Province, Ningde Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Honeycomb Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Received the reconciliation of the hive energy RMB 5 million. On July 18, 2022, the two parties received the "Civil Mediation Council" from the Ningde Intermediate People's Court, and through the full friendly consultation between the two parties. The lawsuit caused by unfair competition finally reached a settlement.

In this regard, honeycomb energy also issued a statement saying: "We believe in solving the method of resolving disputes between enterprises by reconciliation, which is in line with the concept of" peace as expensive "in Chinese traditional culture. This will help enterprises focus on the development of technical product development and Market management. The orderly flow of talents in the lithium battery industry will be conducive to the integration and innovation of the industry. Only by collaborative cooperation can we avoid the industry's rolls, better promote the healthy development of China's new energy industry, and help China's lithium battery industry continue to lead the world. "

According to the Southern Metropolis Daily, in February this year, the Ningde Times filed a lawsuit against the hive energy and the two related companies, and the case was in unfair competition.

According to the referee, the Ningde Times believed that from 2018 to 2019, nine Ningde Times employees joined Baoding Yixin Consulting Service Co., Ltd. and Wuxi Tianhong Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. after leaving. Services violated the "Confidentiality and Competition Restriction Agreement" signed by it, and Ningde Times required these nine employees to compensate for 1 million yuan in defaults.

According to the court's trial, although the relevant competition restriction agreement in Ningde Times did not include honeycomb energy in the "Restrictions on the Enterprise of the Competition", the court believed that the business scope of the hive energy was highly overwhelmed by the operation scope of the Ningde Times, and it was possible to identify two. Family companies are competitive corporate relations.

The case was originally scheduled to be tried in February, but has not progressed. From the results, the two sides chose to shake hands and.

In May, Ningde Times responded to the lawsuit of peers at the 2021 performance briefing, saying that innovation is the first driving force for development, and protecting intellectual property rights is to protect innovation. "We have also had similar lawsuits with Tofel and obtained a victory. Tachfill put forward the technical authorization needs to us so that it can protect intellectual property rights, protect innovation, but also promote industry development together."

Earlier, Ningde Times also filed a lawsuit against another battery company, and his attitude was tough.

On July 21, 2021, the Ningde Times officially sued China Innovation Airlines patent infringement. There were three patents involved in the case and 2 practical new patents. To this end, China Innovation Black submitted five invalid announcements to the National Intellectual Property Office of the National Intellectual Property Office.

Following patent issues, the two sides have been fighting for 1 year. On May 23 this year, the Ningde Times confirmed that it had applied to the court to increase the amount of patent infringement compensation, and increased the amount of compensation for China Innovation Air from 185 million yuan to 518 million yuan.

Recently, the progress of the two sides has made new progress, and China Innovation Airlines has taken the initiative to withdraw an application for invalid patents invalid.

Among the five patents involved in the dispute, China Innovation Airlines actively withdrawn from "Perctathered Polar Film and Battery", "Power Battery Top Card structure and power battery" 2 invalid applications. The "explosion -proof devices" patent in Ningde Times maintained all effective, and the patent maintenance of the "flow component and battery" was effective. The patent of the "lithium -ion battery" on both sides is to be reviewed.

Some people in the industry said that China Innovation Airlines may face huge infringement compensation, and China Innovation Airlines on the IPO road may also be affected.

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